Samuel Beasley (abt. 1705 - 1735)

Born about 1705 in Old Albemarle County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Died 13 Nov 1735 at about age 30 in Chowan, North Carolina

Biography

SAMUEL BEASLEY, b. say 1705; no record of marriage or children. In his will dated 13 November 1735, he left a heifer to John Beasley and another to Mary Beasley, but he did not specify his relationship to either (they were likely his nephew and niece, children of his brother, James). He left a horse to Francis Beasley, whom he called his brother, and a cow to his grandmother (not named). He also left silver clasps to his brother, James Beasley, a cow and a calf to Thomas “Hutssoon,” and a cow to James Beasley Jr. Witnesses included William Croply, Thomas Bentley, and Elizabeth Wells, but the will was not probated.^[1] Several online sources state wrongly that he named a brother Thomas Beasley, but this is not supported in what appears to be the most detailed transcript of the will.

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel Beasley will (1735), in Bradley, Early Records of North Carolina, 5: 6; record no. 27.

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